The Hon. Arthur Victor Agar-Robartes, 8th Viscount Clifden (1887-1974) with his ghillie
Frank O'Brien (fl.c.1930)
Category
Photographs
Date
1930
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
95 mm (H)81 mm (W)
Place of origin
Ireland
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 889491
Summary
Magazine cutting - Photograph taken from a magazine of the Hon. Victor Agar-Robartes, later 8th Viscount Clifden,1887-1974, with his ghillie holding a large fish, on the banks of the Blackwater river in Ireland.c.1930
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and who continued to live in the house until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
(printed in black ink below picture)Frank O'Brien/FISHERMAN'S LUCK IN IRELAND/Major the Hon. Victor Agar-Robrtes and his ghillie with an 18-pounder/which Lord Clifden's brother killed in the Careysville water of that/famours Irish river, the Blackwater, where the salmon-fishing season/has started auspiciously. Major Agar-Robartes was using his/spinning-rod when he struck lucky
Makers and roles
Frank O'Brien (fl.c.1930), manufacturer